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From: Hilaire Fernandes hilaire@ext.cri74.org Date: 4 septembre 2005 15:27:35 GMT+02:00 To: Squeak in french / Squeak en français <squeak- fr@lists.squeakfoundation.org>, OFSET members members@ofset.org, drgeo@ofset.org Subject: [Squeak-fr] Why you should use Squeak to write educational application Reply-To: Squeak in french / Squeak en français <squeak- fr@lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Hello,
I have made some initial research on Squeak to use it as development plateform for educational applications. As a test drive I have written the foundation of a Squeak DrGeo[1] player, an interactive geometry software of mine on Linux. I have written the player so that it can interact with the other Squeak objects.
I am still in the experimental phase of my research but I want to share with you this small video http://documentation.ofset.org/drgeo/videos/drgeo-squeak.avi (need xvid codec) which illustrate the wonderfull aspect of object thinking within Squeak. In the video, you will notice that the integration of usual Squeak objects in a DrGeo drawable is something you get for free !!
At this stage my conclusion is that Squeak is a perfect tool for teachers willing to write edu oriented software, the main reasons are: -a very advanced IDE (emacs&vi looks like prehistoric artefacts, don't beat me I am a Emacs user) -the simple and uniform Smalltalk language -an important multimedia class library ready to be **easily** used and merged in your applicaton classes -it is multiplateform
Hilaire
[1] http://www.ofset.org/drgeo
-- http://www.ofset.org/petition Pétition de soutien au développement de logiciels libres pour l'éducation.
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